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English → English (gcide) Definition: Method of indivisibles Indivisible \In`di*vis"i*ble\, n. 1. That which is indivisible. [1913 Webster] By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies. --Digby. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division. [1913 Webster] Method of indivisibles, a kind of calculus, formerly in use, in which lines were considered as made up of an infinite number of points; surfaces, as made up of an infinite number of lines; and volumes, as made up of an infinite number of surfaces. [1913 Webster]